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Conclusions . . .

 

The season is ending for a lot of series television before the short summer seasonal programs begin. Some of the programs will not return in the fall while others have already received their guarantees.

 

Cliffhangers, deaths of favorite characters, relationships abruptly ending while others are surprisingly indulged—or at least hinted at. Ah, the perils of series television and final episodes. May is a difficult month for devoted fans—of which I am one. I love television. A terrific medium.

 

My favorites? NCIS; NCIS Los Angeles; Bones; all the CSIs; Criminal Minds; Hawaii Five-0; Blue Bloods. I know some characters will not return—they’re being killed off. I won’t be happy no doubt.

 

You like TV?

 

 

Father, thank you for the various forms of creativity and visual recreation. Use it to inspire me, Lord. Help me to see through your eyes. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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  1. Brenda Jackson Avatar
    Brenda Jackson

    After MacGyver went off the air, I walked away from TV (and didn’t miss it one bit) for 19 years. The absence was good for me.
    The new Five-0 has brought me back and I’m waiting eagerly to see the season’s final episode next week. It is nerve-wracking.
    The one unfortunate side effect of watching Five-0, however, is that because Steve McGarrett has so much story potential, I find it is distracting me terribly thinking about possible storylines, instead of focusing on my own writing. Sigh..
    The worst part is I didn’t discover the new Five-0 until very late into the first season–I haven’t seen the first 18 episodes and it is KILLING me. I’m hoping after the finale they will be accessible on HULU or someplace. I can’t wait to order the DVDs.
    But as a writer, this makes yet one more distraction and chunk of time out of my week. So returning to TV is both a good thing and a bad thing. I must be careful not to let the TV monster re-take control of me. LOL!

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  2. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    I’m enjoying Five-0 too, Brenda. Have from the first episode which is saying something because even with some of my now favorites, they took time to develop and get their comfort zone thing goin’ on.
    Television can be time consuming, I’ll grant you that. And a great distraction from writing. I’m at that place in life where I have time to write which wasn’t the case for so many years with 7-day-a-week work at the racetrack. So now I can enjoy TV and sometimes be inspired by it.

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  3. Brenda Anderson Avatar
    Brenda Anderson

    I’m not much of a TV watcher, I’m afraid. I’d much rather curl up with a good book. But, there are a few I do enjoy at times: Castle, Body of Proof, V, Blue Bloods, and of course, baseball. (Although the Twins aren’t fun to watch this year.)

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  4. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    I’ve never seen Castle. Maybe while the reruns are on I’ll take a look at it.
    We play you guys soon. The Mariners can be fun to watch and they also can cause the fastest channel switches in the West. 😉

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  5. Odo Vonu Avatar
    Odo Vonu

    “Father, thank you for the various forms of creativity and visual recreation. Use it to inspire me, Lord. Help me to see through your eyes. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.”
    Let me get this straight: You are thanking the Father of All Creation for the brain-washing, idiot box, the bane of all things holy?????
    You truly are in need of spiritual enlightenment!
    Father, help us to see past mindless entertainment and the enticements of the flesh. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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  6. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Odo, you have no idea how things are used to inspire my faith and creativity. Your judgment and irate response to someone who loves the Lord Jesus Christ and desires to serve Him only demonstrate your need to satisfy your flesh. You don’t have to be a fan of what you deem “the idiot box”, but your condemnation of my faith does not show even the basic understanding of Christian values.

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  7. Odo Vonu Avatar
    Odo Vonu

    Odo, indeed, as you have pointed out,has no idea how things are used to inspire your faith and creativity. That was not an issue in the context of my commenting.
    To truly take offense at the simultaneous worship of the One True God and the idolatry of the world’s golden calf is not to gratify one’s flesh, but rather the heartfelt desire to mollify it.
    The sincere believing that you are in further need of spiritual enlightenment is not to condemn your faith as you have suggested.
    You feel judgement and condemnation from my simple comment to turn from the idol and accuse me of bringing satisfaction to my flesh. You astound me and show me great wrong.
    Believe me, I had no satisfaction in reading your pious prayer, thanking the Lord of Heaven for the rubbish that enters every home and captures the hearts and minds.
    We are commanded to pray without ceasing and to meditate on the Sacred Word day and night. How can it be possible for the disciple to do these two simplest commandments when her head is constantly filled with the images of the idolatries.
    By this I mean the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the boastful pride of life that is the source material of television and the advertisements? How else to motivate us to be worldly consumers and seekers after various pleasures but to constantly tempt us in the same ways that Adam and Eve in the garden were tempted, and indeed, the Lord Jesus Christ, was tempted, by Satan himself, in the wilderness, after fasting for forty days.
    “Get behind me Satan!” is the appropriate response to the world’s assault on Christian homes.
    I hope this further diatribe, is not seen as personal attacking, but rather as touching on the universal and the spiritual.
    To commend you on other gracious words, your idea concerning the story and the parable is from the mind of Christ, as we see in the Gospel. Always to reveal a glimpse of the Kingdom in image and metaphor and telling.
    As a word of encouragement, and not condemning; continue in this path.
    Father, help me to be, above all else, your humble servant, and not to condemn others. Help me to see the good that others are doing, even when it might not be readily apparent. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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  8. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Odo, I won’t argue with your perceptions. You may see me however you choose. I understand your concerns about the flesh, but you are totally missing who I am by your assessment of my viewing television. Your humility is not apparent, my friend. Your scripture references are not news to me. I have known and loved the Lord for over 30 years, and you give me no evidence of “enlightenment” in your comments because you apparently think the Lord is incapable of using what you consider sinful to inspire anything but sin.
    My discernment is in constant use, Odo. I am not “of the world” but I most certainly am “in the world” until the Lord takes me home. This world is headed for destruction, and I’m not going to segregate myself from those who are lost and are in desperate need of my Savior by shunning those who live worldly lifestyles.
    You can reject the medium of television and focus on the trash that it offers and ignore anything of value that might show up on its screens, but don’t lecture me about your preferences in relation to my walk with Christ because you obviously allow no room in your walk for those who are different from you.
    While I appreciate your efforts to express your faith, it does not come across as humble or helpful. The Holy Spirit speaks to me, and it is He who convicts my heart and directs my steps.

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  9. Odo Vonu Avatar
    Odo Vonu

    Nicole,
    Arguing with someone else’s perceptions can be a difficult thing to do. Nor do I make that a requirement for open discussion as it would be a general impossibility.
    I do not truly see you, as you say, but rather, I see your words.
    It is your words that you make that I respond to as you do to me.
    Apparently, I have no humility! Well, I apologize on this count, as I pray daily.
    I cannot, and do not “assess who you are” in any real sense, as is your fear. Have no fear, Only God in Heaven makes that assessment, not I, but rather your words, which, at times, are intangible, as are mine, a limitation of the human condition, this communication that we embark upon.
    So please have no fear that I would try to assess who you truly are from just a paltry sum of words cast out on the internet. That is the domain of God and God alone.
    You are, however, correct in your assumption that my spiritual enlightenment, any amount that I may possess, does not consist of the Lord using what I consider sinful to inspire anything but sin, how would I truly consider this to be the righteous act, that I sin the more that grace may abound? Heaven forbid!
    That you do not see an enlightenment, but rather that my words are sinful,spoken to gratify my flesh or to manifest the pride against you for selfish gain, I cannot help to break through, but I have not the power of persuasion, but the Holy Spirit alone!
    Please be fully convinced in your own mind of your words and deeds and act according to conscience, and I have no further to say in this matter.
    Father, please help me to be humble and helpful. Holy Spirit, speak to me, and convict my heart and directs my steps. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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  10. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    I pray for both of us to obey the Spirit of Truth, not our consciences, nor our flesh. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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